Contents:

• Prehistoric
• Egyptian
• Ancient Near East
• Aegean & Greek
• Etruscan and Roman
• Early Christian and Byzantine
• Islamic, Celtic-Germanic, & Hiberno-Saxon
• Carolingian & Ottonian
• Romanesque & Gothic

Prehistoric
 
 

Axial Gallery; Lascaux, France; 15,000-10,000 BC General view of bison; Lascaux, France; 15,000-10,000 BC Plan; Lascaux, France; 15,000-10,000 BC Venus of Willendorf, c.25,000-20,000 BC Dolmen, Carnac; c.1500 BC Airview; Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain; c.2,000 BC Plan; Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain; c.2,000 BC Near view; Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain; c.2,000 BC

Egyptian

Architecture
 
 

People, boats, & Animals, Hierakonpolis; c.3200 Mastabas, drawing; Funerary District of Zoser, Saqqara; c.2600 BC Site plan Papyrus half-columns, North Palace Step Pyramid of King Zoser Site Plan: Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza Mycerinus (c.2470 BC), Chefren (c.2500 BC), & Cheops (c.2530 BC) Great Pyramid, cross-section Sphinx (c.2500 BC) Plan: Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu, Luxor Court & pylon of Ramesses II (c.1260 BC) Colonnade & court of Amenhotep III (c.1390 BC)

Sculpture
 
 

Chefren, c.2500 BC Mycerinus & His Queen, 2599-2571 BC Prince Rahotep & His Wife Nofret, c.2580 BC Seated Scribe, 2400 BC Bust of Prince Ankh-Haf, c.2520 BC Queen Nofretete, c.1360 BC

Relief Sculpture and Painting
 
 

Palette of King Narmer, c.3000 BC, back Front Portrait Panel of Hesy-Ra, c.2660 BC Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, c.2400 BC Akhenaten, c.1360 BC Daughters of Akhenaten, c.1360 BC

Ancient Near East

Architecture
 
 

Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur, c.2500 BC Lion Gate, Bogazskoy, c.1400 BC Gate of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin; 742-706 BC Ishtar Gate, Babylon; c.575 BC  Audience Hall of Darius & Xerxes, Persepolis: General view, c.500 BC Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis: Bull capital, c.500 BC Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis: Darius & Xerxes Giving Audience, c.490 BC

Sculpture
 
 

Ram & Tree Offering Stand, Ur, c.2600 BC Head of an Akkadian Ruler, Nineveh, c.2300-2200 BC Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, c.2300-2200 BC Head of Gudea, Lagash, c.2150 BC Gudea with Architectural Plan, Lagash, c.2150 BC Stele with Code of Hammurabi: Top; c.1760 BC

Aegean & Greek

Aegean

Cycladic (2500-1100 BC)

• Idol from Amorgos
• Harp Player

Palace at Knossos, Crete, c. 1500 BC

• Plan
• Staircase, east wing
• "Queen's Megaron"
• Toreador Fresco, c.1500 BC
• Octopus Vase, c.1500 BC

Mycenae

• Site plan
• Lion Gate, c.1250 BC
• "Treasury of Atreus", c.1300-1250 BC
• "Treasury of Atreus", interior, c. 1300-1250
• Vaphio Cups, c.1500 BC

• Dipylon Vase, 8th century BC
• Proto-Attic Amphora w/ Blinding of Polyphemus, c.675-650 BC
• Exekias, Dionysus in a Boat, c.540 BC
• Psiax, Herakles Strangling the Nemean Lion, c.525 BC

• Standing Youth, c.600 BC
• Archaic Greek Kouros from Anavysos, ("Kroisos"), c.525 BC
• Female figure, c.650 BC
• Kore in Dorian Peplos, c.530 BC
• Kore, from Chios (?), c.520 BC

 

• Architectural Orders (plans, sections and elevations)
• Greek temple, typical plan
• "Basilica," Paestum, Italy, c.550 BC
• Corner of "Basilica," Paestum c.550 BC Temple of Artemis at Corfu
• Central portion of west pediment, c.600-580 BC
• Reconstruction of the elevation Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, c.490 BC
• Reconstructions of plan, elevation and pedimental sculptures
• Dying Warrior, from east pediment
• Herakles, from east pediment

• "Foundry Painter," Lapith and Centaur, c.490- 480 BC
• Douris, Eos and Memnon, c. 490-480
• "Niobid Painter," Argonaut Krater, c.455-450
• "Achilles Painter," Muse and Maiden, c.440-430 BC
• "Phiale Painter," Hermes Bringing the Infant Dionysus to Silenus, c.440-435 BC

• Standing Youth (Kritios Boy), c.480 BC
• Copy after Polyclitus, Doryphorus, original c.450-440 BC
• Charioteer, from Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, c.470 BC
• Myron, Discobolus, Roman marble copy after original bronze of c.450 BC
• Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs:  Apollo (from Temple of Zeus at Olympia, c.460 BC)
• Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs: Hippodamia Attacked by Centaur

• Plan of Acropolis, Athens, in 400 BC.
• Mnesicles, Propylaea. Acropolis, Athens. 437-432 BC: View from east.
• Mnesicles, Propylaea. Acropolis, Athens. 437-432 BC: Western entrance.
• Mnesicles, Propylaea. Acropolis, Athens. 437-432 BC: View from west, and Temple of Athena Nike, c.427-424 BC.
• Relief sculpture of Nike, c.410-407 BC
• Ictinus and Callicrates, Parthenon, 448-432 BC (view from west)
• Parthenon, frieze above west entrance
• Parthenon, Lapith and Centaur (metope from Doric frieze)
• Parthenon, Horsemen (from west inner frieze)
• Parthenon, Three Goddesses, from east pediment, c.438-432 BC
• "Erectheum," 421-405 BC.
• Porch of the Maidens

• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (359-351 BC): Reconstruction drawing.
• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: Battle of the Greeks and Amazons
• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: Mausolus
• Praxiteles, Cnidian Aphrodite, Roman copy after original of c.300 BC
• Praxiteles, Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, copy (?) after original of c.320-300 BC
• Lysippus, Apoxyomenos, Roman copy after bronze original of c.330 BC

Hellenistic Art
 

• Dying Gaul, c.230-220 BC, from Pergamum.
• Barberini Faun, Roman copy of original of c.220 BC
• Altar of Zeus at Pergamon: West front, restored.
• Altar of Zeus at Pergamon: Plan.
• Altar of Zeus at Pergamon: Relief of Athena and Alcyoneus, east side, c.180 BC
• Laöcoon Group, Roman copy, 1st. C. AD)
• The Blinding of Polyphemus Group, from Sperlonga, Italy
• Nike of Samothrace, c.200-190 BC

Etruscan and Roman

Etruscan Art

• Human-headed Cinerary Urn, c.675-650 BC
• Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri, c.520 BC
• Detail of sarcophagus.
• Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia, Italy, c.520 BC
• Apollo, from Veii, c.510 BC
• Reconstruction of Etruscan temple
• Porta Augusta, Perugia, second century BC

• "Temple of Fortuna Virilis," Rome, late second century BC
• Plan of "Temple of Fortuna Virilis"
• Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 AD: Interior of the Pantheon by Pannini, c.1740.
• Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 AD: Plan & transverse section.
• Pantheon, Rome, 118-125 AD: Exterior.
• "Colosseum," 72-80 AD: Aerial view.
• "Colosseum," 72-80 AD: View of outer wall.
• "Colosseum," 72-80 AD: Interior, second floor.
• Theater at Epidaurus, c.350 BC
• Plan of Theater at Epidaurus.
• Basilica of Constantine, Rome, c.310-20 A.D.: Basilica of Constantine
• Basilica of Constantine, Rome, c.310-20 A.D.: Reconstruction drawing.
• Basilica of Constantine, Rome, c.310-20 A.D.: Plan.

Roman Sculpture

• Aulus Metellus, early first century BC
• Augustus of Primaporta, c.20 BC
• Augustus as Pontifex Maximus
• Roman Patrician with Busts of his Ancestors, late first century BC
• Relief Sculptures from the Ara Pacis, c.13-9 BC: General view
• Relief Sculptures from the Ara Pacis, c.13-9 BC: Imperial procession
• Portion of the Panathenaic Procession, inner frieze of Parthenon, c.440 BC
• Relief Sculptures from the Ara Pacis, c.13-9 BC: Allegorical panel, with Tellus and Personifications of the winds
• Relief Sculptures from the Arch of Titus, Rome, 81 A.D.: Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem
• Relief Sculptures from the Arch of Titus, Rome, 81 A.D.: Triumph of Titus

Roman Painting
 

• Ixion Room, House of the Vetii, Pompeii, 63-79 AD
• The Laestrygonians Hurling Rocks at the Fleet of Odysseus, mural from a house on the Esquiline Hill, Rome, late first century BC
• Peaches and Glass Jar, mural from Herculaneum, c.50 AD
• Portrait of a Boy, from the Faiyum, Egypt, second century AD
• Hercules and Telephus, mural from Herculaneum, c.70 AD
• Scenes of a Dionysiac Mystery Cult, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, c.50 BC
• Woman with a Veil, Villa of the Mysteries, c.50 BC

Early Christian and Byzantine

Early Christian Art
 

• Painted Ceiling, Catacomb of SS. Pietro e Marcellino, Rome, fourth century AD
• Old St. Peter's, Rome, begun c.333 AD. Reconstruction drawing.
• Plan of Old St. Peter's
• Interior of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, Rome (etching by G. B. Piranesi), building begun in 386 BC
• Santa Costanza, Rome, c.350 AD: Interior.
• Santa Costanza, Rome, c.350 AD: Plan.
• Santa Costanza, Rome, c.350 AD: Section
• Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus., c.359 AD
• Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c.359 A.D.: Detail, Christ Enthroned.

Byzantine Art
 

• S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 533-549 AD
• S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 533-549 AD: Plan.
• S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 533-549 AD: Interior (view toward apse)
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD: Plan.
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD: Transverse section.
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD: Interior.
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD: The Emperor Justinian and his Attendants, mosaic, c.547 AD
• S.Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 AD: The Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, mosaic, c. 547 AD
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Section.
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Plan.
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: exterior.
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Capital.
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Interior.
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Anastasis, fresco in the Kariye Camii, Istanbul, c.1310-20
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-535 AD: Madonna Enthroned, late thirteenth century

Islamic, Celtic-Germanic, & Hiberno-Saxon

Islamic Art

• Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Samarra, Iraq, 848-52 AD
• Mosque at Cordova, Spain, Begun in 786 AD, enlarged in 961-5 AD and 987 AD, plan
• Interior of the Sanctuary
• Coronation Cloak of the German Emperors, 1133-4 AD
• Erasistratus and an Assistant, folio from an Arabic translation of Dioscorides's De Materia Medica; Baghdad School, 1224 AD
• David Composing the Psalms, from the Paris Psalter, c.900 AD
• Incense Burner, from Khurasan, Iran, 1181-2 AD

Celtic-Germanic Art

• Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo, 625-633 AD
• Animal Head from "Oseberg Ship-Burial," ca.825

Hiberno-Saxon Art

• Cross Page, from Lindisfarne Gospels, c.700 AD
• Symbol of St. Mark, from Echternach Gospels, c.690
• Crucifixion, bronze plaque, 8th C. AD

Carolingian & Ottonian

Carolingian Art

• Odo of Metz, Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, 792-805 AD
• Lindau Gospels, upper cover of binding, c.870 AD
• St. Matthew, from Gospel Book of Charlemagne, c.800-810 AD
• St. Mark, from Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims, 816-835 AD

• The Gero Crucifix, c.975-1000 AD
• Adam and Eve Reproached by the Lord, Hildesheim, 1015 AD
• St.Luke, from the Gospel Book of Otto III, c.1000

Romanesque Art

• St.- Sernin, Toulouse, c.1080-1120: aerial view
• St.-Sernin, Toulouse, c.1080-1120: plan
• St.-Sernin, Toulouse, c.1080-1120: axonometric projection of nave
• St.-Sernin, Toulouse, c.1080-1120: nave and choir
• St.-Etienne, Caen, (west facade), begun 1068
• Romanesque and High Gothic portal ensembles
• Last Judgment, Autun Cathedral, c.1130-1135
• The Mission of the Apostles, Ste.-Madeleine, Vezelay, 1120-32
• Pig-Snouted Ethiopians, detail of tympanum,Vezelay
• Renier of Huy, Baptismal Font, 1107-18
• Battle of Hastings, detail from Bayeux Tapestry, c.1073-1083
• St. John the Evangelist, from Gospel Book of Abbot Wedricus, before 1147 AD

Gothic Architecture

• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: west facade
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: aerial view
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: portals, north transept
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: transverse section
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: nave and choir
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: plan
• Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1220: clerestory wall of nave
• Comparison of nave elevations in same scale
• Notre-Dame, Paris, 1163-1250 AD: plan
• Notre-Dame, Paris, 1163-1250 AD: nave and choir
• Notre-Dame, Paris, 1163-1250 AD: view from the southeast
• Notre-Dame, Paris, 1163-1250 AD: flying buttresses
• Notre-Dame, Paris, 1163-1250 AD: west facade

• Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 AD: choir vault
• Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 AD: nave and side aisle
• Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220 AD: transverse section
• Reims Cathedral, west facade, c.1225-1299
• Chartres Cathedral, sculpture: west portal, c.1145-1170
• Chartres Cathedral, sculpture: jamb statues, west portal
• Chartres Cathedral, sculpture: South transept portal jamb statues, c.1215-20
• Annunciation and Visitation, jamb statues, west portal, Reims Cathedral, c.1225-1245
• Claus Sluter, Portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, 1385-1393
• Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral, c.1220
• Bohemian Master, Death of the Virgin, c.1350-60

• Jean Pucelle, Betrayal of Christ and Annunciation, from Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux 1325-28
• Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16: February
• Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16: October
• Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16: January
• Melchior Broederlam, Annunciation,Visitation, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, 1394-99
• Duccio, Maesta Altarpiece, 1308-11: Madonna Enthroned
• Duccio, Maesta Altarpiece, 1308-11: Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin
• Duccio, Maesta Altarpiece, 1308-11: Christ Entering Jerusalem
• Giotto, The Arena Chapel, Padua, 1305-6: Christ Entering Into Jerusalem
• Giotto, The Arena Chapel, Padua, 1305-6: The Last Judgment

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